****Valentina's POV****

I absolutely couldn't have been more delighted when that whole thing finished and I made my way over to the firepit with the girls. Now I almost had a plan of action for the evening ahead, my first priority is my relationship then I would go and have a word with Ron and then Olivia would maybe have to wait till the morning but she wasn't getting away with making those comments about me. 

"Well that was a fucking shit show weren't it?" Claudia said. "Val how are you feeling?"

"I don't know, it obviously isn't nice to see but when I told him I was willing to start to move on I knew that I would have to draw a line under that kiss and I have. There's no point in me opening up all these old wounds."

"But anyway lets address the elephant in the room." Olivia said. "Which is Ronald. I called him a fake friend because I feel like he was encouraging Kai. And the first thing he said to him was that Liv will definitely turn her head. That comment about not being able to get Tom."

"Mm."

"I'm sorry but if that's not fake friend then I don't know what is to be honest."

"Don't sit there and lie to my face about the comments you've made in the past." For the first and maybe the last time I had to agree with Olivia on Ron. "Own what you say or don't say it at all."

"Tanya?"

"I know I did nothing wrong in my clip and if he asks to speak about that then I have nothing to say. Leave me alone."

"I'm going to be honest out of all the clips I think Will's was the worst." Jessie said. 

"It was."

"The whole like shaking his head at me when I'm trying to defend my girls. I'm doing nothing wrong here."

"Can I just say one thing?" Claudia said. "I'm proud of us, not one of us has broken anything tonight. Anything that's been said I agree with and I think we've become stronger. I'm so proud of us girls. What doesn't kill us makes us stronger. They're the dicks not us. Lets stick by each other and be in this together."

"Strong women."

"Amen."

"Right I'm going to go and get my man." I made the first move to head over to the boys. "I'll see you all in a bit." The boys noticed me coming over, Tom turning to face me as my heels clicked on the decking. "Fancy a chat."

"Of course." I wanted to throw the first olive branch, reaching down to hold his hand as we walked over to the sofa. "That was a lot right?"

"Yeah, obviously I want to check in on you first. I know that probably wasn't nice to watch and I can only apologise for that."

"It wasn't nice to see but as far as the kiss is concerned then that's in the past. I obviously didn't like watching her in our bed and I just want us to move on from that now, it did kind of back your point though more than Lydia's."

"I wish those clips would have gone on like another two seconds because I literally went straight down and told Will and Casey that I'd made a mistake. I told her multiple times like Val is the one I want now."

"Can we just make a pact never to speak of this again, it's in the past and you know if you ever do something like this again I'll be out of that door with a blink."

"It won't, I promise." Now that we'd got that out of the way we both leaned back to cuddle into each other. "Did the Ryan clip throw back memories for you?"

"To be fair when I saw it I was like, if they only have this on me then I've done alright. He was a nice guy and everything, so was Frankie, but they never had anything on you. I must have mentioned you in like every conversation I had with them."

"I'm always in your mind."

"You are. I've got some other battles to fight though now, I just feel like tonight has shown a lot of people's true colours in here."

"Who's next on your list?"

"Ron."

....

When I got back to the rest of the group, Ron was talking to Lana so I stood with the rest of the couples in the kitchen. 

"Val, can I chat to you please?" Ron asked just as I was finishing my cup of tea. 

"I don't know, are you going to lie this time? Feed me with anymore bullshit."

"Val, please."

"Fine." As much as I did want to make it known how I angry I was about the situation I didn't have the energy to fight across the kitchen at him. I led him over to the firepit and sat down across from him but I waited for him to be the one to break the silence. 

"Obviously I know you've probably got a lot to say after seeing those comments-"

"I just firstly want to know why you lied?"

"I never lied."

"I asked you about this after I saw Lydia, I said to your face did you think I would recouple and you just spouted some bullshit about how all the boys needed to be wary. You said you never egged any of the boys on, that's not what 'forget about Val' gives off."

"That was a comment made at the start, just like all you girls made to each other."

"Which I was not a part of, I always told the girls to go with their hearts in there but remember the boys they had here. You've basically told Tom to not give a flying fuck about my feelings."

"That's not what I said." As much as his words were annoying right now it was also his attitude, he didn't seem to give a fuck as he sat back in his seat. 

"Why don't you enlighten me then what's missing in my relationship seen as how you have no many opinions on it? Why not say it to my face?" I could see people looking at us but I just had to say it.

"It's true though neither of you have made that move."

"Because I'd known the guy probably three fucking weeks at that point. Sorry I haven't fucking married him by now but some of us like to take a steady pace. It's just surprising how much you seemed to care about this potential connection he had with Lydia more than my feelings, it's true what she said about you egging her on."

"The girl just seemed down-"

"Bake her a cake then, have a swim with her, there's a million things to do rather than bash my relationship and tell her to stick it on him. Let me tell you one thing if I only had sexual chemistry with him I definitely wouldn't be here right now;"

"I don't want to argue with you, I just want to apologise."

"What are you apologising for though? For saying those things? For how they've been taken? For how I've seen them? For Lana because if you're just here to appease Lana then I don't want to hear it."

"I obviously never meant for those things to come across in that way."

"They're your words though, whatever situation they were said in you obviously meant them."

"I guess I just wanted the boys to have my support in there."

"Good, well I'm glad all this information has come to light because I don't need a friend like you."

"Val-"

"I don't want to hear it." I said, walking off. "Have a nice night."

.....

In a way even with all the thoughts flying around my head, the only person I cared about seeing on that film was Tom and we got through this. I slept soundly in his arms knowing we'd got through this and I could finally have done with the situation. 

Jessie, Claudia and I decided to have a little yoga session that morning to calm down so she led the stretches. 

"How was your night?" I asked as we held a position. 

"Um yeah it was alright. I feel like Will and I just kept to ourselves on the terrace so I kind of missed what happened downstairs."

"Mm."

"I feel like I do have very mixed emotions once again. I'm really just annoyed at the boys, like not even just Will"

"You seem ok with Will now." Claudia added.

"Do you know what I can't even think about Will when I'm seeing all the comments made about you girls."

"Mine's sorted now." Claudia said. "How are you feeling Val?"

"The Tom situation, I'm fine it's over. I just feel like I have a lot more shit to deal with now."

"What about Ron? I obviously saw you arguing with him."

"I can tell just from the conversation like he doesn't give a fuck so I'm going to accept an apology just because he wants life to be sweet for Lana. I'm friends with her but as far as he's concerned, it's done."

"What's the plan of action for today then?"

"Speak to Miss Olivia."

.....

One more conversation and then I could be over with this all this drama. That came in the form of Olivia and I found her sat with Maxwell on the long sofa at the back of the garden. 

"Maxwell, can I have a word alone with Olivia?"

"Yeah sure."

I could see her guard went up immediately and I knew this was going to be like drawing blood from a stone but I wanted answers. 

"How are you?" The nerve to ask that. 

"I mean I'm a bit pissed off right now."

"Why?"

"Lets go right back. I knew you had a problem with Tanyel and I being friends. I wish you could see that footage of the accident because you'd realise how stupid all these comments are, but then to make that comment about it all being because you were coupled up with Tom. I'm coupled up with Tom, why would I have a problem when he picked me?"

"See that's just a nasty comment."

"It's the truth. I'm not Ron, I've not said you couldn't have him, I wish you could see the insecurities I had at the time about you both. You're a fucking gorgeous girl Olivia but your personality towards me stinks."

"And your doesn't."

"I've never once made a comment about you like that behind your back. I'd never go out of my way to ask Tom what he thinks about your relationship because it doesn't bother me. I've said multiple times to your face that I hope this is a fresh start. Then to say I've chosen the safe approach in this."

"You have, you never gave Ryan a chance in Casa and then you take Tom back way too quickly."

"I risked it kissing Tom and starting this relationship with him. There were multiple boys I could have coupled up with to have a safe approach. I then risked it all getting to know Casey and do you not think I tried to get to know Ryan. I'm not going to force something but that meant I risked it even more walking back in here alone."

"For you to then go back to Tom."

"Because I really like him, sorry about that." I let my voice raise just because of how annoyed I was. "I know I made the right decision in taking him back when I did. I know I did so I don't need your opinion on that."

"Why are you here then?"

" Because I don't know why you think you have the right to say that about people. Do you think I'm only here to win?"

"That's what I said."

"Wow. Just to let you know I would walk out of here tomorrow and be happy. I've got Tom, I've made amazing friends and I know I've been real in here. I haven't once before you made that comment thought about winning this."

"You would say that though."

"I would because I don't lie." The one thing I had ain arguments was self control so I knew I'd said all I had to say and could move on. "I don't want to make it awkward for the other girls but we're not going to be civil, if you want to say something then say it to my face. Bye."

"Bye."

Another thing about arguments is how the adrenaline immediately goes away and how drained you feel afterwards. I went inside to have a moment to myself and as I finished up in the bathroom I turned to find Tom in the doorway. 

"How are you feeling?" He asked, wrapping me up in a hug. "That was, yeah tough."

"I feel like I don't know who to trust in here anymore. I can't help but think about what all the others think and the comments they've made." I hardly ever cry and he knows that so when he could feel the tears dripping onto his chest he wrapped me up even righter. "It feels like not only is our relationship being attacked but they're attacking me. She's basically calling me not genuine. I hate taking those things to heart-"

"How can you not though? You're only human." He moved us so I was sat on the counter and he was in between my legs. "It's ok not to be this ice queen all the time, everyone needs a good cry."

"I feel like I'm letting her win."

"How can she win when she's not done anything. If you walked out those doors now, I'd be straight out with you. Not a second thought."

"You mean that?"

"Valentina, I can't stress enough, no-one will ever come close to you in here. You're all I want."

"You're all I want too."

"Good." He leaned up to wipe the tears from my eyes as a smile came on my face. "You've always got me."

"Thank you." It felt like a special moment between us and I couldn't help but wrap my arms around his neck to pull him down for a kiss to seal it. "I've got you as well, always."

****Author's Note****

I hope you like this chapter. 

Thank you for all the suggestions, particular shout out to @olivia6293 who gave me the ideas for this as well as the eyebrow scene. 

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